Paul Rubin wrote:
Jonathan Fine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
My question is this: Under Windows, is it possible
to read as many bytes as are available from stdout,
without blocking?
I think Windows implements non-blocking i/o calls. However the
traditional (to some) Python or Java approach to this problem is
to use separate threads for the reader and writer, and let them block
as needed.
Thank you for this.
As I recall, some posts to this list say that Windows provides
non-blocking i/o for sockets but not for files.
However, if non-blocking i/o for files were available, that
would be great. Actually, all I care about is input.
Can anyone provide a definite answer to this question?
And please, if the answer is YES (hope it is), with
working sample code.
The threaded approach does not help me. If the read blocks,
I do not know what to write. (I am responding to a command
line prompt - I have to read it first.)
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